Deal for Cubs' DeRosa looks dead; Phils try for Chan Ho Park
The trade the would have brought Chicago Cubs infielder/outfielder Mark DeRosa to the Phillies appears dead.
Deal for Cubs' DeRosa looks dead; Phils try for Chan Ho Park
Inquirer Online Desk
Inquirer staff writer Jim Salisbury reports:
The trade that would have brought Chicago Cubs infielder/outfielder Mark DeRosa to the Phillies appears dead.
DeRosa would have gone to the Phils in a three-way deal that also involved the San Diego Padres. The Cubs were trying to get Padres pitcher Jake Peavy and hoped to acquire prospects from the Phillies in order to facilitate the deal.
This morning, however, Cubs GM Jim Hendry told Padres GM Kevin Towers that he wasn't going to do the deal.
The Phillies had envisioned DeRosa providing insurance at second base for Chase Utley, who is recovering from hip surgery. He would also have played leftfield.
These type of glitches happen often in complex trade talks. You never know when things could be rekindled.
The Phillies will continue looking for a leftfielder, maybe free agent Raul Ibanez or Minnesota's Delmon Young.
Also, the Phils selected righthanded-pitcher Robert Mosebach from the Angels in the Rule 5 draft. The Phils lost no players in the major league phase of the draft.
The Phils are working on hammering out a deal with pitcher Chan Ho Park, who would work in relief.
UPDATE: In the minor league phase of the Rule V draft, the Phillies selected second baseman Kyle Haines from the San Francisco Giants and outfielder Javis Diaz from the San Diego Padres.Haines, 26, spent last season with double-A Connecticut, where he hit .261 (91-348) with 43 RBI in 105 games. A 31st-round selection of the Giants in 2004, Haines is hitting .270 (291-1078) with five home runs and 120 RBI in 336 career games.
Diaz, 24, combined to hit .253 (95-376) with four home runs, 37 RBI and 28 stolen bases in 107 games between single-A Lake Elsinore and triple-A Portland. Signed as an amateur free agent by the Padres on August 7, 2002, Diaz is hitting .277 (477-1724) with 16 home runs, 155 RBI and 151 stolen bases in 479 career games.
Three players in the Phillies’ minor league system were selected by other teams in the triple-A phase of the draft, catcher Richard Suomi by Kansas City and righthanders Brett Harker and Ronald Hill, both by Florida.
Jeff, sorry about the multiple posts, the stupid site wouldn't update or show the comment for quite awhile...(LMFAO too)....Chase will be back, the point being it may not be the old Chase.....DeRosa would have helped this club in many ways....Iguchi for some reason doesn't seem to want to hang around Philly....talks of going back to Japan or retiring if he can't find a starting job.....was released last time I looked.....I agree the arb elibible and non tendered guys should present us with a few good choices/bargains....pays to wait sometimes.— Mark1npt
Chan Ho Park?????? Thats sad— jamarder- Since when do you make major trades based on the injury report? How ridiculous is this going to get? The Phils have enough talent in their system to handle the loss of Utley, Feliz, and the missing corner outfielder. There's no doubt that DeRosa is a fine player but that deal does nothing but help the Cubs and little for anyone else. Feliz will be back the end of April and Utley the end of May. The Phils will keep a very close eye on Chase because of the investment he represents but if anyone thinks he isn't going to get the finest of care their nuts. In the interim all that we really need is for Howard to show up and hit like he did three years ago. End of problem. Like I said before this coming season is going to sink or swim time for Ryan. Lets hope he shows what a great slugger can do.— Wally 24
- PITCHING - and anybody hitting - is what is going to save or sink us during the time Utley and Feliz are out. Ryan doesn't HAVE to be our savior all season. Just a little more consistent please.— betsy72
Comment removed.- Why sign Iguchi when he only plays 2b? Utley may only be out a month, what the Phillies will be looking for is a Wigginton type player that can play the OF as well as 2B and 3b.— fyreknight
